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According to anti-defamation league, anti-semitic incidents were 50%, 12 incidents in 2018 thus far, and we may be seeing a large scale anti-semitic attack at the heart of the jewish community in pittsburgh, and children may have been impacted, men, women and children coming together for the community worship service on saturday morning. >> cnn is able to confirm at least four dead according to sources telling us, at least four dead now in the shooting taking place in a place of worship this mor...

Increase insecurity at other synagogues, in the region or across the country. >> great question, fred. were hearing within the city itself here, new york city, that new york city police department in abundance of caution dispatched units to all synagogues here to kind of be on the outlook for this. sometimes, we talk about this all the time, there can be coordinated attacks, maybe it is not a one off, or there could be people inspired by seeing senseless violence like this or hate directed at a ...

Enforcement officers. >> they have to send them in in a big way. art, in the history of threats, how much does law enforcement need to know that before they arrive at the synagogue. i talked with fred rabner earlier, his recollection was there were some anti-semitic behavior expressed, targeting that synagogue in the past. are they assessing that after the fact or equipping themselves with whatever history there might be before they get to the scene? >> yeah. large law enforcement organizations ...

There are fatalities. pennsylvania governor tom wolf tweeting were still learning details about the shooting at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh but it is a serious situation. pennsylvania state police are assisting local first responders. please stay away from the area, keep congregants and law enforcement in your prayers. with me still, art roderick, james galliano, and sam vinograd. there are multiple casualties. there are fatalities. we know three officers have been shot but you hear...

National security analyst.ograd, you hear short but powerful information from the investigators, multiple casualties. >> absolutely. looking at the signs of distress and the way the operators, s.w.a.t. operators are moving, you can tell this is a scene where chaos has happened. it hasnt been flushed out. thats what happens. they try to sort it out. keep in mind, we are teaching our police, our law enforcement post columbine which happened 19 years ago this april, they have to go to the sounds of...

Safety threat here. they have to find out if he acted alone, was there somebody else with him, but ill tell you, fred, in recent past during my time at department of homeland security, one of the most requested training courses that we had was first responder to mass casualty events. and usually unfortunately were all too familiar as jim stated earlier regarding the amount of active shooters weve had, they tend to follow the same sort of outcome where we have the initial response of officers jus...

Traditions and use the car. but i havent been able to get a hold of her. we knocked on the door, are calling her phone. im sure shes over there somewhere. im hoping shes okay. >> and for the most part when you make contact with people at home, do they get the word to remain in a same place in their home, and if so, what are their thoughts on that? >> everyone is just shaken up. everyone is tearful. you immediately can empathize with whoever the victims are and their families. we are going to kno...

Mitzvahed here and probably know hundreds that have attended for years. everyone is gut checking, calling the community to make sure loved ones and family members are accounted for. we all have been saying the last half hour, yes, my son is accounted for, my daughter is, close friends are accounted for. but the fact that undoubtedly all of us know who the congregants are that lost their lives in the tragedy is unmistakable. we will absolutely know who they are. this is a small community. >> fred...

In the neighborhood. authorities say residents should remain shelter in place, it means they dont have information from the suspected shooter yet, dont know if he was working alone or what his motivations are. we may jump to conclusions it was an anti-semitic attack, it could have been someone with a personal vendetta, any range of motivations. based on that, until they question him, work out who else he is in touch with, i think the threat level will remain high. >> art, want to get to you in a...